UNIBEN Suspends Student Union Activities

The Senate of the University of Benin, at its special meeting held on Monday, 4th December, 2017 deliberated exhaustively on the role played by the present Students’ Union Executives and Parliament on the recent students’ unrest. The Senate, after due consideration, decided as follows:

That the present Students’ Union Executives and Parliament be suspended from office and advised to handover any property belonging to the union and University to the appropriate authority.
Consequently, Management has set up a panel of investigation to look at the remote and immediate cause(s) of the crisis.
In the meantime, Management will make representation to Council on the issues of review of hostel charges.